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View synonyms for bow out

bow out

/ baʊ /

verb

  1. adverb; usually troften foll byof to retire or withdraw gracefully
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Depart, withdraw, resign, as in After five years as chairman, I felt it was time I bowed out , or We'll have to beat them; they'll never bow out . [First half of 1900s]
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Example Sentences

Both players were in tears as Federer bowed out of the game.

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She bowed out before any primary votes were cast, avoiding an embarrassing loss in her home state.

Speaking to political news outlet Politico, Harris aides also laid the blame at Biden’s feet and said he should have bowed out sooner.

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But the 81-year-old president stubbornly refused to acknowledge his physical and cognitive decline and didn’t bow out of the race until it was too late for the party to conduct a healthy replacement process.

He bows out as one of the most successful and popular drivers on the circuit and the golden boy of Australian motorsport.

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